In the fall of last year part 2 of the eBook series IE- in bedrijf, which Theo-Willem coauthors was launched. The series follows the life cycle of a company (from start to sale). The protection of ideas is the central theme of part 2. How do ideas come to existence and what can and cannot be protected. The working guide was made for mid-sized companies that are active in the field of product development.
The European Trademark office (OHIM) will change its name on March 23 into EUIPO. Since trademark owners are confronted with many “ghost invoice” (invoices that are fake but claim to be from official organizations), it is important that the domain names are not owned by these people. For this reason OHIM registered the following domain names in the last few months: EUIPO.EU, EUIPO.ORG, EUIPO.NET en EUIPO.ES.
In the Netherlands the ADCN lamps and the Cannes Lions are the important awards for the creativity of an advertising agency. Often there is a striking similarity between the winning campaign and earlier campaigns. This problem is not limited to the Netherlands. This year the Malaysian awards came under fire when many of its award winning campaigns seemed very similar to already existing campaigns.
Since 1996, NEINVER has opened a variety of outlet stores in (mainly South) Europe, under the name THE STYLE OUTLETS (registered as a European Union trademark). The company wants to open an outlet in the Netherlands as well, in the town Halfweg near Amsterdam. Local entrepreneurs are not pleased and register the domain name thestyleoutlets.nl. The site´s aim is to protest (mentioning pro´s and cons) against the Style outlets, using the title “Action committee NO to The Style Outlets”.
In the summer part 3 of the eBook series IE- in bedrijf, which Theo-Willem coauthors, was launched. The series follows the life cycle of a company (from start to sale). The protection of design is the central theme of part 3. What is the importance of design? How to claim design rights and what are the advantages of a designrights (in comparison to copyrights and trademarks)?
In 2014, Marijn Oomen launches the inflatable life size lounge seat, the LAMZAC Hangout. One simply swings the lightweight bag and it fills itself with air and creates a life size lounge seat. The air remains in the seat by folding and rolling the opening. A lounge seat that can be placed in a minute. Ideally for relaxing, without having to worry about a hard or rocky ground. In order to be able to stand up against future products with the same overall impression, a European Union design is registered in 2015.
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Among others in this issue:
• EUIPO vs Mora TV: weigering geluidsmerk
• Jägermeister vs Alte Heiler: stop Russische copycat
• Stichting Nederlandse Top 40: gericht op Benelux?
• Tijdschrift HART vs Hermitage: soortgelijkheid
• Monique Granneman: nieuwe partner Abcor
